{"id":3908,"date":"2022-01-17T11:52:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T11:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/uk\/?p=3908"},"modified":"2025-04-09T14:36:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T14:36:11","slug":"government-publish-new-tactile-paving-guidance-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/uk\/news\/government-publish-new-tactile-paving-guidance-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Government publish new tactile paving guidance"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3908\" class=\"elementor elementor-3908\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fb4f78c elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"fb4f78c\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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publish<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7df946c elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7df946c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">new tactile paving guidance<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-26c6a31\" data-id=\"26c6a31\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AdobeStock_291452105-1024x576.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3909\" alt=\"A blind man using a white cane to identify tactile paving safely walking along a path.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AdobeStock_291452105-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AdobeStock_291452105-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AdobeStock_291452105-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AdobeStock_291452105-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AdobeStock_291452105-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AdobeStock_291452105-1280x720.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-70163c5\" data-id=\"70163c5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3f1fde elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3f1fde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Last month, the UK Government\u2019s Department for Transport published new Tactile Paving guidance to boost mobility independence for people with vision impairments.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The use of tactile paving surfaces is important because these surfaces convey vital information to vision impaired and other people about their environment, including hazard warning and directional guidance, thereby supporting independent mobility.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When moving around the public realm, vision-impaired people will actively seek, and make use of, tactile information underfoot, detectable contrasts in surface texture. It is therefore important that tactile paving is used correctly and consistently so that conflicting and confusing information is not conveyed.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This guidance is for use by public or private bodies and individuals with a role in the provision, design, improvement, and maintenance of the public realm.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The use of this guidance will support the processes of creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible built environment, and activities carried out in compliance with the public sector Equality Duty set out in the Equality Act 2010. The guidance will also be of interest to those looking to make reasonable adjustments in response to the requirements set out in Section 20 of the Equalities Act.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e9e6cb4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e9e6cb4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b7b458\" data-id=\"2b7b458\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a59cbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8a59cbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-834b18d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"834b18d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Simply implementing tactile paving might not allow your built environment to meet the best practice standards of accessibility. Direct Access can provide low-cost, high quality accessibility audits to guarantee an inclusive environment for all disabled people. In addition, we can supply your organisation with the RightHear app, a revolutionary orientation device which helps vision-impaired people manoeuvre environments independently and with dignity.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Direct Access even offers audits in video formats that we have dubbed \u201cWalk and talk\u201d accessibility audits. This allows a member of our team to directly comment on the specific elements in detail and demonstrate issues for improvement within a more accessible format, being subtitled (and signed in BSL) if required.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Feel free to contact us and lay out your specific needs so that we can find improvements to suit your needs or budget. 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